Yellow Flash

This isn’t new, just feel that a pinned post may be useful:

Activity will be very sporadic, all or nothing. I’m incredibly busy irl currently, on top of battling chronic fatigue. I may spend an entire evening on here and then vanish for a week, just to let my partners know. Mutuals can ask for my discord though and catch me there.

Just a few general notes...

This blog is multi-ship, and whilst I love MinaKushi I’m also happy to try non-canon relationships.

This blog is mutuals only, barring side-blogs.

Please don’t reblog from me if we aren’t mutuals.

I’ve got verses to work around Minato being canonly deceased, so don’t worry if our muses don’t exist in the same timeframe.

“The paper work kills your soul.. slowly.”

I won’t lie, that sounds like a very random verse. However, I could honestly see Kiba and Naruto as step brothers and we know that Minato has a thing for fiery women. Not a ship I’ve considered before, but I’m also down to try most thing assuming they’re the same generation...If any Hanas or Kibas want to try that, I ignore my no automatic ships rule for kids/step-kids stuff. Minato is by far not the first dad I’ve written.

Do you think it would change if Kushina lives versus if she dies?

I’ve thought about this for a while, and brainstormed it with a few people. Initially, I was inclined to say that Minato Lives means a happy ending for the Uchiha clan, as measures as extreme as the massacre would be the very last resort to protect the village...

Unfortunately, it might still be needed.

That’s not to say that everything stays exactly the same. Minato is around to clear up the suspicions around the Uchiha clan’s involvement with the Nine-Tails attack, thus they’ll receive less prejudice for that.

However, that event isn’t the sole cause of the intended coup. Things would be slightly better than in canon, but problems existed long before Minato was even born.

If he didn’t recognise them before, issues are bound to be brought to his attention once he takes up the mantle of Hokage. Especially since, if the clan isn’t too jaded already, this man isn’t a Senju nor was he a student of one and thus there would be hope that he won’t come into office with prejudices. In fact, my Minato in particular comes from a very underwhelming background. The historic rivalry just simply isn’t there.

So I imagine he would be actively working with the clan to try and improve their standing and treatment. If Kushina is alive, the Hokage’s wife is close friends with the Uchiha matriarch. That would help foster trust.

Despite all this, Minato is just one man. I would argue that he makes more effort to reconcile with the Uchiha clan than Sarutobi however, that is merely an assumption. We do know however, that Hiruzen did make efforts at peace talks and that Sasuke was named after his father. Clearly, there was mutual respect there. Yet the 3rd was incapable of appeasing the Uchihas, nor stopping the massacre.

I don’t believe Minato would either. The circumstances would change, at least. Now that they aren’t blamed for the Nine-Tails attack, it may take longer for tensions to reach a tipping point. The massacre may still occur, but at a later date. Perhaps when Sasuke’s reaching adulthood. On the other hand, that delay would give Minato more time for negotiations.

 Overall, I am inclined to say that the massacre still occurs, but takes longer to reach that point. It either happens behind Minato’s back, or the situation escalates so much that he can be worn down into a reluctant acceptance, but that would take even more time.

Though he will eventually adapt, Minato is out of commission as a shinobi for a while, due to the change in his body caused by the fox. His ability to control chakra is weakened, simply because he isn’t used to being a jinchuuriki. Within a year, he is back to full strength.

         having been somewhere peaceful, somewhere she could watch over her son with a smile, kushina never imagined she would be so roughly pulled from such a tranquil setting and brought into a much more maleficent one such as war. she had been revived early on during the war, helping out different divisions to the best of her ability. due to her disorientation she wasn’t as helpful as she would have liked, but when the word came that the war had ended the redheaded uzumaki assumed she’d go back to that peacefulness, however something went wrong with the jutsu and everyone who was brought back remained.

         wanting desperately to reach the battlefield, the exhausted woman took off, using the strength she had remaining to pour the chakra into her feet, igniting her speed. the aftermath appeared to be horrible. tired, dull, blue hues scanned the area as she reached the top of the rocky hill, panting heavily as she made her way down, fighting through the bodies of people before accidentally bumping into one, stumbling back to see the first hokage - and the second standing beside him. kushina felt her chest constrict, quickly looking around to see if she could find her son. spotting the familar blond hair, she did not move; she could not move. because it was not naruto, it was the chaotically spikey blond hair she saw, very much different from the shorter style she knew as her sons. frozen still, thin lips parted to speak, but no words came out - she was unable to think or speak, having felt as though her heart had taken control of her body and ceased all actions. that was until the lightheadedness caused her to stumble forward, leading her into a tired jog.

                                                                       “ minato! “

Though never inclined to agree with them, Minato was sure that there were those who murmured how he must have been close to reaching his skill cap as a shinobi. Not out of disrespect, rather a compliment in that he’d reached a point where it wasn’t clear how much further he could go, beyond perhaps refining a few of his original techniques.

Funny how death removed one potential limiter. Sage mode’s inherent risks mattered less in this form, on top of taking far less time to initiate. Even so, that didn’t mean he felt secure in his technique. He had sensed a rather familiar chakra a while back despite the distance, but his concentration on the war and rarely used sage mode convinced him that he had to be imagining it. Merely a similar chakra signature, playing tricks on his mind as he was distracted.

But now, with adrenaline dying down and a voice so dear to him calling out, he could begin to accept what was going on.

“...Kushina!”

Naruto’s beaming and the knowledge that he had met his mother already was enough confirmation that the 4th could trust his own senses, but to see her once more still risked being overwhelmed. Eyes sparking with excitement at their upcoming reunion; the gentle curve her face and that crimson hair he adored from the moment they met. Kushina Uzumaki, the woman he loved above all else.

“How... Kushina, why are you here of all places?”

By no means was he ungrateful. In fact, Minato would have loved nothing more but to run into his wife’s arms... Given he couldn’t offer the reverse given the lack of his own. Yet he knew better than to trust anything without a clear explanation. Why was she brought back? She was a powerful shinobi in her own right, yet he and the other kage had only been reincarnated due to the insight on the Leaf’s history that they could provide.

Was she being controlled? Was this an attempt to manipulate him? Unlikely, given he had sensed her long before an enemy could work out that he was back, and formulate a plan. There were also very few who would realise that Naruto even knew what his mother looked like, from what Minato could tell.

In terms of Minato’s background, most would be shocked that the Yellow Flash would come from a family so plain. His mother was a civilian of poor health, and his father not in the picture. Though naturally talented, Minato came to graduate the academy with the highest grades ever through tireless work and study, with few known advantages. All in all, a zero-to-hero story.